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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ressler began to teach others in the department about the ___________ of serial killers, hoping that the more they understood them, the easier it would be to catch them.

2. What was NOT one of the pieces of evidence that was found in the murderer's home?

3. How much did Edward Kemper weigh when he was about to hurt Ressler in the interview room?

4. What was the experience Ressler had that allowed him to get out of the Kemper interview without being hurt?

5. What is the term that Ressler later coined in order to describe the people who sought out satisfaction from killing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI study as a part of their role?

2. Why do many disorganized killers tend to not drive to their crimes?

3. Why did Ressler see the first murder in this section as not being an ordinary murder?

4. What was found several blocks away after the murder of a family of three as well as their baby?

5. What is the profile that Ressler creates for the killer, when called into Vorpagel's case?

6. What was the result of the interviews that Ressler had with Mason?

7. How did Charles Manson coerce others into killing for him?

8. What did the murderer do with the blood of the victim, according to the findings of officials?

9. What did Gerard Schaefer do as an organized killer in order to perpetuate his crimes?

10. Why did Ressler come up with the terms 'organized' and 'disorganized' when it came to describing killers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many serial killers share the trait of having dysfunctional family backgrounds.

Part 1: How do you think one's upbringing could cause a person to become a serial killer?

Part 2: How do you explain the idea that some people from imperfect family backgrounds do not go out and kill people?

Part 3: Do you think all families have some sort of dysfunction?

Essay Topic 2

The question of whether serial killers are born or made is one that comes up for Ressler.

Part 1: Do you think serial killers are born or made? Why?

Part 2: What would it mean if it were discovered that serial killers are made?

Part 3: What would it mean if it were proven that all serial killers are born the way they are?

Essay Topic 3

Ressler notes that he does not believe a disorganized killer is the biggest threat.

Part 1: Do you think an organized killer or a disorganized killer is the greatest threat?

Part 2: Why do you think an organized killer poses a threat to society more than a disorganized killer might?

Part 3: How do you feel now that you know how serial killers think and act?

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